DOI article:
Bieliński, Piotr: Tell Rad Shaqrah 1994
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.26424#0117
Of the topmost Early Dynastic period layers explored during
the present campaign in area "C" not much has been preserved,
whereas in the second layer fragments of at least four separate
houses were uncovered. One of them was situated near the western
limit of the trench and was seriously damaged by erosion. It was
composed of at least two rooms. In one of them several large
were found. Near the southern wall of this structure a
small terracotta figurine representing a boar was discovered
(Fig. 2). Three other houses exposed in this layer were located
within the space limited by the streets. There were also two small
rooms measuring ca 1.6 x 1.4 m with entrances opening onto one
of the streets. It seems that they may have been used as a kind of
shop. The best preserved of the houses unearthed there consisted
of three rooms (/od 33/C, 35/C and 8/C) and measured ca 4 x
5 m. The largest of the rooms contained a fireplace with a
chimney, while one of the smaller rooms contained a number of
r<2f?7?OMr.y. Another of the buildings found there comprised two
rooms of which the larger (/ocMJ 40a/C) was later divided into two
by a partition wall. This room was approached from the
neighbouring street by a narrow gangway with plastered stone
stairs. This gangway (/ocMj 39/C) was inserted between other
structures. In the other room of this house a child burial below
floor level was discovered; the small chamber was made of stones
and was covered with a large slab of limestone, similar to a burial
found in this house in 1991. The chamber measured about
1.4 x 0.7 m and contained bones belonging to at least two
skeletons. The grave goods consisted of three jars, over 20 beads
and seven amulets, including two representations of birds made of
shell, four quadrupeds and an amulet with a solar emblem.
The third Early Dynastic stratum was reached in area "C"
during this season. It was in the northeastern corner of the trench
that a fragment of a larger structure belonging to this lower layer
was uncovered below the remains of a later house. This new
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the present campaign in area "C" not much has been preserved,
whereas in the second layer fragments of at least four separate
houses were uncovered. One of them was situated near the western
limit of the trench and was seriously damaged by erosion. It was
composed of at least two rooms. In one of them several large
were found. Near the southern wall of this structure a
small terracotta figurine representing a boar was discovered
(Fig. 2). Three other houses exposed in this layer were located
within the space limited by the streets. There were also two small
rooms measuring ca 1.6 x 1.4 m with entrances opening onto one
of the streets. It seems that they may have been used as a kind of
shop. The best preserved of the houses unearthed there consisted
of three rooms (/od 33/C, 35/C and 8/C) and measured ca 4 x
5 m. The largest of the rooms contained a fireplace with a
chimney, while one of the smaller rooms contained a number of
r<2f?7?OMr.y. Another of the buildings found there comprised two
rooms of which the larger (/ocMJ 40a/C) was later divided into two
by a partition wall. This room was approached from the
neighbouring street by a narrow gangway with plastered stone
stairs. This gangway (/ocMj 39/C) was inserted between other
structures. In the other room of this house a child burial below
floor level was discovered; the small chamber was made of stones
and was covered with a large slab of limestone, similar to a burial
found in this house in 1991. The chamber measured about
1.4 x 0.7 m and contained bones belonging to at least two
skeletons. The grave goods consisted of three jars, over 20 beads
and seven amulets, including two representations of birds made of
shell, four quadrupeds and an amulet with a solar emblem.
The third Early Dynastic stratum was reached in area "C"
during this season. It was in the northeastern corner of the trench
that a fragment of a larger structure belonging to this lower layer
was uncovered below the remains of a later house. This new
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